By Francis H. Murray
FJP Development and Management Consultants has embarked on a six-day webinar training for auditors, boards of directors and managements, with the goal of ensuring internal quality.
The training, the organizers say, is for participants to get prepared to mitigate the risks, leverage the opportunities, and stay ahead of the competition and for smart investment.
The training which commenced on Tuesday 18th August 2020, focused on the purpose and positioning of internal audit, the structure of 1A and function and adequacy of available resources, as well as the execution of the audit program, among others.
Bowenson Philips of FJP Development and Management Consultants, noted that in the light of the uncertainties brought by the global coronavirus pandemic to businesses, the internal audit is a key backbone of organizational resilience.
He said: “As the battle with the COVID-19 has brought the importance of the body’s immune system to the fore, so the internal audit of any enterprise is like its immune system that determines the organization’s ability to withstand environmental stress.’’
The participants were drawn from the sub-region (Ghana, Liberia, The Gambia and Sierra Leone). They were set to benefit from some unique features of six well-acclaimed professional women from different multinationals in the sub-region who served as guest speakers.
Philips continued that the course was unique because it was specially-designed for effective internet delivery, made extensive use of real life business case studies with videos, business news and reports, noting that it was bench-marked to global quality assurance standards for internal audit to provide the potential for service evaluation and improvement.
Some of the issues featured in the discussions in the impact of IA on organisations, the problems and opportunities before COVID-19, as well as new problems after the pandemic.
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